Located in one of the most beautiful East Coast seaside locations, the Newport Museum of Yachting (MoY) preserves the tradition of New England yachting through informative exhibits and educational programs. Founded in 1979, MoY is associated with vessel and artifact exhibits as well as its sponsorship of local events and regattas (including the annual MoY Classic Yacht Regatta).

The Newport Museum of Yachting is part of Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island. It is open to the public from June through October and can be reached by car or water taxi. For more information, visit the Museum of Yachting website.

The Museum of Yachting (MoY) held the 32nd annual Classic Yacht Regatta on September 3-4 in Newport, Rhode Island, marking the final segment of the North American Panerai Classic Yacht Challenge. Narragansett Bay was the setting for the event, which features a fleet of classic and vintage 55 yachts. The overall winner of the regatta was Valiant, while the yawl Black Watch won the trophy for overall winner of the Classic Yacht Challenge.

On Sunday, the participating yachts took part in the regatta’s traditional Classic Yacht Parade, circling Newport’s inner harbor with yacht club pennants hoisted.

Read more about the Classic Yacht Challenge on the official Panerai website.

On Sunday, July 10, the yacht Rambler 100 was first to cross the finish line of the Transatlantic Race 2011.  The yacht set a new course record with an elapsed time of 6 days, 22 hours and 8 minutes for the 2975 nautical mile course which began in Newport, Rhode Island and finished at Lizard Point, South Cornwall, UK.

The final yacht to finish was the Sasha, which crossed the finish line on July 17 — 22 days after leaving Newport. The Sasha experienced the roughest weather of any participating yacht.

The Transatlantic Race was a collaboration between the Royal Yacht Squadron (founded in 1815), the New York Yacht Club (1844), the Royal Ocean Racing Club (1925) and the Storm Trysail Club (1938). It has been defined as “a defining race in ocean racing.”

Read more about the results of TR 2011 on the official race website.

The TR2011 is an adventure challenge that involves 26 sailboats and almost 3,000 nautical miles, with the first ships setting sail on June 26 in Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A. and finishing in mid-July off Lizard Point in South Cornwall, U.K. The remaining ships will following in a staggered series of starts that will take place through July 3.

The sailing vessels that are scheduled to participate range in size from the 289 ft. luxury yacht Maltese Falcon (one of the largest privately-owned sailboats in the world) to the 40 ft sailboat Dragon.

Check back here for updates as the race progresses.  You can find out more about the Transatlantic Race 2001 on the official race website.